Transformation through community and trauma-informed mindfulness-based practices.
Anahata International is a Washington, D.C.-based global community. We partner with organizations that serve survivors of trauma to provide sustainable wellness and resiliency programs in our communities, locally and around the world.
Our mission is to harness the mental and physical benefits of yoga and mindfulness to empower individuals who have been impacted by trauma to heal and experience connection.
Strengthening Community Practitioners:
Anahata provides resiliency and mindfulness-based movement programs for staff members of partner organizations and community members who serve survivors of trauma (e.g. domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, human trafficking organizations). Programming may include weekend-staff training or regular modules covering strategies for self-resilience and supporting community.
Programming Community:
Anahata will provide trauma-informed mindfulness-based movement practices, breathwork, meditation, and other wellness modalities for community members who have been impacted by trauma. Populations of interest include individuals who are or have been incarcerated, survivors of interpersonal violence and other trauma. Anahata will provide programs that catalyze and cultivate sustainable practices for self-realization and liberation individually and collectively. Focusing on healing, empowerment, and interdependence, programs may include yoga, meditation and other modalities in institutions, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, refugee camps ,and other areas where incidents of trauma are high.
Yoga Teacher/Healer Program:
Anahata will recruit and train certified, experienced yoga teachers and healers, with knowledge of trauma therapy to facilitate collective healing in their respective communities. Anahata may facilitate advanced training for certified yoga teachers wishing to specialize in trauma recovery and peace-building. Anahata will provide yoga teacher trainings, retreats, workshops, and other programs to empower community leaders.
